Automatic telegraph receiving machine



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IN V EN TOR Vos n 'To M47 7AM/615.5 BY Ow A TTORNE YS Patented May 31, 1938 UNTED STATES PATENTY OFFICE AUTOMATIC TELEGRAPH RECEIVING MACHINE' Ycshito Watanabe, Kinukake-cho,

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Kobe, Japan 1 claim. (c1. 1774353) The present invention relates to an automatic telegraph receiving machine, and particularly to the one which comprises a movable controller provided with a series of contact-making ele- 3 ments, the controller being movable one section at a time; a selective means moving said contact-making elements selectively in response to different electric signals according to any suitable telegraphic code and adapted to cause said selec- D tively controlled contact-making elements to trace separate tracks when said movable controller travels; a group of contact members arranged in fixed manner and contacted by said controlled contact-making elements; and an 1,5 alarming device operating upon the completion of the circuits of the predetermined series of contact members.

The object of this invention is to enable any expected signal, according to a certain telegraphic Q() code, to be denoted automatically in a simple manner, and to save the trouble of keeping watch over a receiver.

In the wired telegraphic receiving system in use at present, if a signalling bell were omitted, the inconvenience would be very great. In the known wireless telegraphic art, utilizing electrical waves, there is no means corresponding to the aforementioned signalling bell used in wired telegraphy. It is, therefore, impossible to know 30 when a signal has arrived unless a wireless telegraphic receiver is kept applied to ones ears all of the time. Accordingly, in transmitting a message, it is difficult to open conversation with the addressee unless he happens to have a re- 5 ceiver applied to his ear at the time of the transmission of said message.

The present invention discloses means to remove such drawback, whereby upon receipt of a call signal the present selector is automatically 40 operated to ring a bell, thus eliminating the necessity of keeping watch over a receiver, as heretofore.

In order to effect the reading of Morse telegraph code very simply, in one embodiment of 45 this invention a group of contact making elements such as rollers or any other suitable means is provided at a rotatable controller having mechanisms able to rotate one section forward successively in a certain direction, in such manner 50 said group of rollers is removed to the right or left track at a right angle to the direction of the rotation of the rotatable controller in its cylindrical plane, but is not selected as regards signals corresponding to dot marks of the Morse code at selecting points and is allowed to stay in the neutral track or middle row. However, with regard to dash marks andV letter spaces according to the Morse code, it is selected to the right and left and the rotatable controller is rotated one section forward', so that the rollers are ar- 5 ranged in order in' three tracks, which are the right, middle and left tracks.

The invention is illustrated diagrammatically andv by way of example in the accompanying drawings in which; 10

Fig. 1 is an elevation of an automatic telegraphic receiving machine according to the present invention;

Fig. 2, a plan view of the same;

Fig. 3, a sectional view along the line 3-3 of 15 Fig. 2;

Fig. 4, a partial' perspectiveV view showing the relation between the rotatable body and a i'lxed frame of the drum type carrying a series of electric contacts; 20

Fig. 5, a front view showing a part of the selective means;

Fig. 6, a perspective view showing another part of the same means;

Fig. '7, a partial development showing another 25 example of the above selective means;

Fig. 8, a partial side View along the line 8-8 of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9, a perspective View of a part of the selective means shown in Fig. 7; 30

Fig. 10 is a developed front view of theV essential parts of this machine;

Fig. 11 is a side view of a brake of a driving device;

Fig. 12 is an electrical connection diagram 35 showing an example of this automatic telegraph receiving system;

Fig. 13 is an across-the-line wiring diagram; Figs. 14 to 34 are a series of developments showing briefly the manner of transferring and 40 selecting contact-making elements; and

AFig. 35 is a series of developments showing a completed arrangement of a group of contactmaking elements and an arrangement of a group of contact members corresponding'to that of said 45 contact elements, previously made.

As shown in Figs. 1 to 3, contact-making rollers 4 are fitted loosely ontov the studs 3, which are uniformly arranged between opposite side plates 2 to form a squirrel cage with equal space 50 between the studs. The side plates 2 have a rotatable shaft ll xedthereto to form a'rotatable body. ToV the ends of the Shaft Il are fixed ratchet wheels W, W' having as many teeth as there are studs 3', and thev shaft' Il' ofthe rotat- 55 able body is borne upon a pair of bearings I2 constituted by a part of each fixed frame I of the drum type secured to the base of the machine at both sides of the rotatable body. The fixed frame I has holes 9 at its periphery to facilitate the attaching of a contact terminal 'I (see Fig. 4) at the position corresponding to each of said studs. A stationary and a flexible contact member 8 and 8', respectively, are connected to the contact terminal l, said iiexible movable contact 8' being adapted to be pressed, when brought into contact with the periphery of the contactmaking roller 4 in the track, against the stationary contact 8 adapted to maintain a contact with the contact 8'.

Arc-shaped partitions 5 are used to secure the position of the rollers 4 on the studs V1l. These partions are tted tightly in the cuts 6 of any suitable holding plates 6 and are fixed to the fixed frame I together with the holding plates 6 by studs I3, as shown in Fig. 3, thus providing three tracks, namely, the right, middle, and left tracks. Said partitions 5, however, are not provided throughout the periphery of the rotatable body; they are not provided at several sections before the selecting points positioned at the entrance of the roller tracks. At such sections there are disposed roller aligning means comprising a pair of plates 5', which co-operatively provide an entrance substantially as wide as the total width of the said three-roller tracks, and which converge to a width substantially as wide as and in line with the middle track, as, for instance, shown in 5 of Fig. 10, so as to automatically transfer the rollers to the neutral track or middle row upon their engagement in said alignor.

The selective means, as for instance, shown in Figs. 2 and 5, consist of swing levers s, m pivoted to the base of the machine at pivots f1, f2, respectively, and connected with springs s', m (shown clearly in Fig. 5). The ends of push-rods u1, uz, which are ixed to the armatures h and g' of electric magnets h and g are attached to the swing levers s and m at o1 and U2, so that when said electric magnet h or g operates, it attracts the armature h' or g against the force of the spring p1 or p2 and moves the swing lever s or m around the pivots f1 or f2, thereby causing the spring s or m' to push the roller 4 to the right or to the left along the stud 3.

But since it is undesirable to operate both the selecting levers s and m upon a roller of the same section, the lever s is operated, for instance, upon a roller of the section` following the rod m. The levers s, m are provided with side apertures I6 to be tted to transverse levers I5, as shown in Fig. 6, and are thus guided to make a horizontal movement. For example, in order that the selecting levers s and m may be brought into accurate engagement with the rollers 4, and that the adjacent studs may operate them, they must move precisely horizontally by the action of the magnets o and h. With this object in view, they are partly bent at a right angle to their plane and are provided with side apertures I6, through which extends the transverse rod I 5. In this way they are guided by the rod I5 to move horizontally, and thus the ends of the springs m' are brought accurately into engagement with the adjacent rollers 4.

In Figs. 7, 8,V and 10, which show another eX- ample of a pair of selective means, shafts 20, 20' have fastened thereon a pair of ratchets I8, I8', and a pair of toothed wheels I9, I9', respectively.

A pair of roller brakes are added to the mechanism, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5. Each set of toothed wheel and ratchet is fitted to supporting frames I7, I 'I' attached to the xed frame I, each of the toothed wheels I9, I9 being engaged with a. roller 4 in the middle row, while the ratchet I8 or I8 is interlocked with the end of the pawl s or m" pivoted at v1 or v2" to the end of a member s1 or mi attached to the swing levers s or m having the pivots f1 or f2, while corresponding ends of the members s1, m1 are connected with the springs pi, pz, so that when the selective lever s or m is moved by the electric magnet h or g, each of the ratchets I 8', I8 is rotated to the extent of one tooth by the pawl s" or m" and, accordingly, the toothed wheel I9' or I9 is also rotated to be able to select with its teeth the roller 4 on the stud 3. It is needless to say that in each selective means the roller 4 is selected to the side opposite to that to which it is selected in the means shown in Figs. 2 and 5.

2| is the roller brake pivoted to the end of an elastic member 22 and tted between the teeth of each wheel I9, I9 and is used for maintaining the position of these wheels securely.

The mechanisms for rotating the rotatable body forward have a pawl 28 (Fig. l1) or 28' with its base fitted to one end of a push-rod lc or Z. The pawl is adapted to mesh with the teeth of a ratchet W or W', as shown in Fig. 2, while the other end of said push-rod is tted to the end 'Us or 114 of the swing lever 25 or 26 having pivots f3, f4. The swings levers 25, 26 are respectively connected at t5, v5 to the ends of push-rods un, ui, which in turn are connected to the armatures z", y" of electric magnets i, y drawn by springs p3, p4. The ratchet W or W' is rotated one section forward by the action of said electric magnets on electric impulse, as is evident to anyone skilled in the art. For the purpose of preventing the rotation of the rotatable body, more than one section by its inertia, as shown in Fig. 11, the pushrod lc or Z has secured thereto a member 32, which faces the ratchet W and has a shoulder 33, and an elastic piece 3| having a wedge 30 at its end, so that when said rod Z operates and pushes the ratchet W' with the pawl 28, the wedge 30 is held between one of the teeth of the ratchet W and the shoulder 33, as illustrated by a broken line in Fig.,11, and thus a brake is applied to the ratchet.

Also, for the purpose of holding the rotatable body accurately, a pair of brake wheels 23 (Fig. 8) is pivoted to the ends of elastic members 24 secured to the fixed frame I (Fig. and is pressed between two studs 3 of the rotatable body; or the free end of the elastic piece 24' attached to the fixed frame I (Fig. l) is so bent that it is held by the peripheries of two successive rollers at the roller-adjusting position.

The electrical mechanisms for selecting the rollers and rotating the rotatable body forward are shown in Fig. 12 by Way of an example, in which A, B, D, E, h, g, i, j show electric magnets; K is a switch to change an aerial line N in radio for a wire telegraph line T; R, a preferably polarized relay; G, an amplier and amplitude regulator; and C, an electric source. At L is connected an alarming device; p, are controlling springs of the armatures of the magnets A, B, D and E; F is a schematic view of an arrangement of a series of contacts at the Xed frame I. Now, when the change over switch K is closed to the antenna side N and any electric signalling wave is received in the aerial N, the polarized relay R is operated to complete the circuit of the magnet A to be energized by the source C. The sum of the operating time of the contact point c2 and the Contact point c3 of an electric magnet B is set to be long as compared with the lasting time of a dot mark, so that the contact point c1 is closed only by the dot mark and at the same time an electric magnet i is operated to push and move the ratchet W with the rod l and consequently rotate the rotatable body 2. one section forward.

Now the electric circuit in the across-the-linewiring diagram shown in Fig. 13 will be traced When the switch K is closed on the antenna side N to receive the signal letters A, B and C accord ing to the Morse code. The sign A consists of one dot and one dash, namely, so that if the relay R is excited by the first dot mark and closes its contact R', it will complete a circuit consisting of the battery C, the lines 50, 5I, 52, the contact R', the line 53, the magnetic coil A, and the lines 54, 55, 56, to close the contact c1 of the magnet A and open the contact ce. Since the contact c2 is a slow acting contact, as stated above, it is not closed in case of a dot mark. Thus, the electric magnet y' is operated by a complete circuit consisting of the battery C, the lines 5I), 5I, 51, the electric magnet y', the line 58, the contact c1, the lines 59, 60, 6l, the battery C', and the line 56, causing the ratchet W' to turn and to move forward the rotatable body 2 by one step and accordingly moving the rst and second rollers Nos. l and 2 to the position shown in Fig. 15, while maintaining the form shown in Fig. 14. When the said dot mark is terminated, the relay contact R opens to open the contact c1 and to close cs again. Next, if a dash mark arrives after the regular space time and closes the contact R', it will excite the electric magnet A again, and since its exciting time interval is long as compared with the dot mark, it closes the contact c1 and opens ce, at the same time also closing the contact c2 and consequently moving forward the body 2 by the operation of the magnet y' as explained beore (Fig. 16). A complete circuit is now provided which consists of the battery C, the lines 50, 5I, 62, the electric magnet B, the line 63, the contact c2 and the lines 64, 55, 56. The electric magnet B is operated by this circuit to close its contact c3, whereupon the circuit consisting of the battery C, the lines 50, 5l, 65, the electric magnet y, the line 66, the contact c3, the lines 61, 60, 6I, the battery C', and the line 56 is completed to operate the magnet y and transfer the roller No. 3 by shifting the rod m to the left track corresponding to the dash mark, as shown in Fig. 17.

When this dash mark is terminated and there is a regular letter space after it, the electric magnet A is reset to close the contact ce, which will complete the circuit consisting of the battery C, the lines 50, 5|, 68, the electric magnet D, the lines 69, 16, the closed contact ce, and the lines 1I, 56 to close the contact c4 of the electric magnet D. Since the regular letter space occupies a comparatively long time, the electric magnet D is also excitedfor a comparatively long time, and accordingly the electric magnet E is operated by a complete circuit consisting of the battery C, the lines 50, 5l, 12, the electric magnet E, the line 13, the closed contact c4, the lines 14, 1li, the reset contact ce, and the lines 1l, 56 to close its contact c5. Then, by the complete circuit consisting of the battery C, the lines 50, 5l, 15, the coil of h, the line 16, the closed contact c5, the lines 11, 60, 6l, the battery Cnand the line 56, the electric magnet h is excited to operate the rod s and select the fourth roller No. 4 to the right as indicated in Fig. 18. At the same time, the electric magnet h closes the contact a, so that the electric magnet i is operated by a complete circuit consisting of the battery C1 the lines 50, 5I, 18, the closed contact a., the line 19, the coil of i, the lines 80, 60, 6l, the battery C', and the line 56, the ratchet W being moved forward one step by the rod lc, thereby moving forward the rotatable body 2 also to the extent of one step, as shown in Fig. 19. When the electric magnet h, is operated, the contact b is also closed, but as in F, which is connected therewith, a series of contacts 1 is previously so arranged as to receive the signal letters A B C, the circuit is not yet completed by the letter A alone, in consequence of which the alarm bell B is notl operated.

Next, upon arrival of the signal letter B, namely the circuits for the dash and dot marks as explained before are completed in succession. In the dash mark, firstly the fifth roller No. 5 is moved forward by one step from the position shown in Fig. 19 to that shown in Fig. 20; it stays in the middle row and then is selected to the left row, as illustrated in Fig. 21. Next, due to the three dot marks, the rollers advance gradually to the positions shown in Figs. 22, 23, and 24, and by the following letter space the ninth roller No. 9 is transferred to the right and is also moved forward by one step as indicated in Figs. 25 and 26.

With regard tothe next sign C or 1, the operations are carried out in the same manner as above, each operation of successive steps responding to each signal of dash, dot, dash and dot, as illustrated in Figs. 2'1 to 32. Finally, in accordance With the next letter space the fourteenth roller No. 14 is transferred to the right row, as shown in Fig. 33, and advances one step, as shown in Fig. 34. Consequently, the series of rollers in the arrangement F is brought into coincidence with the arrangement of the contact group 1 previously connected as shown in Fig. 35, thus actuating the bell B by a completed -circuit consisting of the battery C, the lines 56, 5I, 8|, the closed contact b, the line B2, the arrangement F, the line 83 the bell B', and the lines 84", 55, 56.

Consequently, upon the arrival of an electric signal corresponding to a "dash mark, the ratchet W' is turned on account of the rst closing of the contact c1 of the magnet A, and by the consequent completion oi the contact c2 the circuit of the electric magnet B is completed to close its contact c3 by means of which electric current is passed to an electric magnet g to operate the selecting rod m and thus select the roller 4 to one side. Another contact ce of the electric magnet A is always closed, only opening when electric current is passed to that magnet, and the time required for operating the contact cs of the electric magnet E (in the circuit of which is comprised the contact c4 of the electric magnet D after the close of the contact point cs of the magnet A) is set to be long as compared with the short time interval between signalling marks, such as two dot marks or dot and dash marks in one letter, so that When the electric magnet A once resets to close a contact point ce and then immediately operates to open it again, the contact c5 of the magnet E is not closed if its lasting time is -a short time interval between signalling marks. The contact c5 is closed only with regard to a long time interval between signalling letter marks or so called letter space" and passes electric current to the electric magnet h for a selecting purpose and thus pushes the lever s, thereby permitting the selection of the roller 4 in the opposite direction, said level` s having a contact a and f closed by its operation. By the completion of the contact an electric current is passed to the electric magnet i whereby a push rod lc is operated to push the ratchet W and thus rotate the rotatable body 2 one section forward.

The fixed frame i of drum type has a series of terminals 1 each connected to a pair of movable and stationary contacts 8 and 8 secured to the before-mentioned holes 9 at its periphery, said contact terminals being previously connected in series and the end of moving contact piece 8 being arranged as shown on the right side of Fig. 35 in the same way as the above group of contact making rollers. If a series of contact terminals is connected with any suitable alarming device in series, the alarming circuit will be completed when this machine receives the predetermined signal such as a call signal A B C and the arrangement of controlled contact making rollers agrees with that of the set of contacts mounted upon the iixed frame.

If in this system after receiving the call signal A B C there is no signal following the letter C (this after all corresponds to a long letter space), the relays D and E are operated to actu-ate the relay h, when the last roller No. 14 is transferred to the letter space track through the ratchet wheel I8 by the lever S and, accordingly, by wheel I9' and the controller 2 is moved one step forward by the relay i and stops. Therefore, although the last controlled roller No. 14 is situated directly before the entrance line y of the track, it is impossible to provide there the contact fingers 8, 8 to be controlled by the roller No. ,14, because of the presence of the selective wheel I9, as shown in Figs. 8 and 10. For this reason, as substitutes for the said contact lingers 8 and 8,'there are provided the contacts a and b, in which the contact a, is connected to the coil of the relay z', while the contact b is connected in series with the contact group 1 arranged on the ixed frame I for the purpose of receiving the predetermined signal, namely A B C, so that by its closing the alarming device may be operated. Therefore, the position of a contact point corresponding to the contact point as shown Fig. 35 is transferred to b of Fig. 12 so as to be able to be closed by the operation of the rod s. Simultaneously with the completion of the contact points by all rollers except a roller in the last position z, s-aid contact point b can be closed by the rod s, so no diierence is made to the operation.

Let it be understood that this invention may be modied in various Ways Without departing from its spirit.

I claim:

A selector device for closing a circuit in response to a prearranged code of dot, dash and interletter` space impulses comprising a stationary irame, a rotatable squirrel-cage type controller mounted for rotation in said frame and having a plurality of studs fixed thereto, said studs being equally spaced at the periphery of said controller and each having a contact controller mounted thereon slidable longitudinally thereof, partitions fixed to said frame adjacent to the path of movement of said studs forming three passageways corresponding to dots, dashes and interletter spaces having entrances for said rollers, means for normally causing the rollers to be positioned to enter the dot passageway, selecting means positioned at the entrance to the passageways for moving the positioned roller to cause the roller to enter either the dash or interletter space passageway, means responsive to receipt of a dot dash or interletter space impulse to move the controller the space from one stud to the next to successively present the rollers to said selecting means, means responsive to the receipt of a clash impulse to cause the selecting means to move the then presented roller into the dash position, means responsive to the receipt of an interletter space impulse for causing the selecting means to move the then presented roller to interletter position, a plurality of contacts mounted on said` frame to be engaged by said rollers, said contacts being each arranged with respect to the three positions capable of being assumed by the rollers in accordance with the code to which the selector is to respond and a circuit including in series all of said contacts.

YOSHITO WATANABE. 

